Propelling attachment for tractors



. SELTENRIGHT. ATTACHM NT FOR TRACTORS.

PROPELLING APPLICATON FILED [v1/W19 1919.

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A H. A. SELTENRIGHT. PROPELLING ATTACHMENT FOR TRACTRS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, T919- 1 ,354,21 9, T Emme@ Sepa. 19245.

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To all wmm m Be i' known th MGMT, a ciizen of the United St i ing at Toledo, in the county of State of Uliio, have invenbecl :L ne ful Propelling iitachmen for T which he isllmving is a Specicziti The piavent invnion elzraes attachments foi fami TM-lors @i l HARRY ioaidwfiy. A second o'bjec of' die invention is :'30 vide z; propelling l'nechzmism which maj' used in cfmjumion with im( ab'mclied f type of trzlcor Gi' alomobile Wiahou ai ing the pass @if lle smile.

Anoiier object of the inveni( vide a drivi NQ readily applied to of the acor (lik 'issembled theis aiotlie object tion i@ provide n. i nach nlmw vhmnc* ratios and Wl consbuctiom consiss oV which may be manuficll minimum Cosz.

vanlsiges in mind inventioz novel comlmm'ions aleman' ings, W

g mamie pon the rear axle of the same, a shaft mounted in each pair of hanger arms capable of longitudinal movement therein, a roller rotatable upon each of the shafts, expansible Coil springs urging the rollers forwardly, tracks engaged about the drive wheels of the vehicle and passing over the rollers, supporting bars depending from the hanger arms, rollers Carried thereby and bearing against the tracks to retain the same in a plane parallel to the roadway, brackets depending from the hanger arms and connected with one end of each of the supporting' bars, and means Yfor raising and lowering the hanger arms.

2.' The combination with a motor vehicle, of hangers Carried by the axle thereof, a

shaft mounted in the hangers, a roller revoluhle upon the shaft, a spring for urging the roller forwardly, a track engaged about one of the Wheels ot' the vehicle and passing over the roller, a, supportingr har depending from the hangers, a roller carried thereby and hearing against the track to maintain the same in a plane parallel with the roadway, a bracket depending from the hangers and ronnected to each of the supporting bars, and means for raising the hangers.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto -alhxed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HARRY A. SELTENRGHT.

Y litnessesr 1. H. L. GEDDES,

E. H. SrooNns. 

